Expert of city
planning (b. 6 November 1937, İstanbul). He graduated from İstanbul Technical University, Department of Civil
Engineering. He completed his master in the field of city and district planning
in Middle East University
(1964) and Pennsylvania
University (1966). He did
doctorate in the same field in İstanbul Technical University
(1968). Since 1970 he has worked as an academician in the department of City
and District Planning at Middle
East Technical University. He is founder and member of
Execution Committee of World Academy for Local Government and Democracy, in
addition to being chairman and founder of History Association.
Since 1964, a lot of works of him
has been published in the field of city and district planning, theory of planning,
macro geography, geography of migration and political act, theory and history
of local administration in Turkey, urbanization and urban politics, economy
politics, Economical History of Turkey, city and society.
WORKS:
Uygulamaya
Geçerken Türkiye’de Devletçiliğin Oluşumu (Formation of State Socialism in Turkey when We Pass
Carrying Out, 1982, with Selim İlkin), 1929
Dünya Buhranı’nda Türkiye İktisadi Politika Arayışları (Economical Politic
Search of Turkey in 1929 World Crisis, 1983), Türkiye ve Avrupa Topluluğu I-II-III (Turkey and European Union
I-II-III, 1993), Tarih Bilinci
ve Gençlik (the Conscious of History and
Youth, 1998), Tarih Bilinci ve Gençlik,
Karşılaştırmalı Avrupa ve Türkiye Araştırması (the Conscious of History and
Youth, Comparative Research of Europe and Turkey, 1998), Kadrocuları ve Kadro'yu Anlamak (Understanding to Staff and Staff
Partisan with Selim İlkin, 2003). REFERENCE: Vitrindekiler (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 16.7.1998 - 10.12.1998), Etienne Copeaux / Tarih Bilinci ve Gençlik (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 21.1.1999), Ders Kitapları Açmazında Bir Işık (Cumhuriyet Kitap, 15.2.2001), Sefa Kaplan / Yarım Kalan Aşklar (Hürriyet Keyif Eki, 20.7.2003), İhsan Işık / Resimli ve Metin Örnekli Türkiye Edebiyatçılar ve Kültür Adamları Ansiklopedisi (2. bas., 2009).